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Foucault''s Critical Philosophy of History - Unfolding the Present

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Foucault's Critical Philosophy of History: Unfolding the Present provides a comprehensive interpretation of Foucault's work by focusing on its procedural elements. This book argues that despite their thematic diversity, Foucault's ideas gain coherence once they are framed within the critical project of the "history of the present."

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Introduction: Doing Critical Philosophy in the Field of History
Chapter 1: The Project of the 'History of the Present'
Chapter 2: The Formation of the Past
Chapter 3: Foucault's Constructive History
Chapter 4: The Mapping of Being: Foucault's Historical Ontology
Chapter 5: History as Critical Philosophy


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Adam Takács is senior lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University.


Summary

Foucault's Critical Philosophy of History: Unfolding the Present provides a comprehensive interpretation of Foucault’s work by focusing on its procedural elements. This book argues that despite their thematic diversity, Foucault’s ideas gain coherence once they are framed within the critical project of the “history of the present.”

Product details

Authors Adam Takacs, Adam Takács
Publisher Lexington Books
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.12.2023
 
EAN 9781793651198
ISBN 978-1-79365-119-8
No. of pages 178
Series Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800

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